View of the aftermath of the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. People walk along Main Street among the silt, mud and debris after the water had receded. Shows the bodies of dead animals, the Western National Bank, the Grand...

View west on Gregory Street in Black Hawk, Colorado, after the flood of 1895; shows flood debris such as planks, posts, rocks, dirt and silt. Three men are holding shovels and working on clearing the street as water continues to pour past them in a...

View of flood damage to the Methodist church, Black Hawk, Colorado, 1887; the brick building shows damage to right and left doors, windows, and roof. Loose timber and plywood are piled up in center; a wagon is at near right corner; loosely strewn...

View of the 1909 flood debris brought down by Portland Creek flood, along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows men digging through the rocks, timber, lumber and silt to clear the creek. Buildings include the Elk Boarding House, Doran...

Men inspect the flooded trolley tracks along Water Street in Boulder, Colorado, in Boulder County. The street is covered with wet silt. Debris, including lumber, branches, and other garbage litters the street.

View of debris, mud, and silt from the Arkansas River flood on Union Avenue in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. People are gathered near piles of wreckage in the street and in front of commercial businesses. Shows the City Hall building with a...

Piles of debris from the Arkansas River flood are in the streets around the stone Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad depot in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Lumber, metal, mud and silt cover the streets near brick commercial buildings.

View of the washed-out tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad after a Arkansas River flood, near Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado. Silt and rocks cover the two lines and buckled and twisted ties are scattered at the side of the rail bed.

View of Antlers, (Antlers Valley, Silt Valley, Cactus Valley) Garfield County, Colorado; includes a wood frame false front and small front gable structure along main street; two men and a women standing on the boardwalk; horse tied to a wooden gate...

A Denver and Rio Grande Western wrecking crane moves debris in a rail yard from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows overturned freight cars, lumber, silt and mud on tracks.

View of wrecked Denver and Rio Grande Western freight cars and frame buildings after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Piles of lumber and debris, mud and silt are in the Walker rail yard. A smokestack is beside a...

View of overturned Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger cars, part of a train identified as number "3", a wrecked freight car and railroad axles in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows washed out tracks, mud, and silt from the...